Florida man allegedly killed his child’s mother and fed his 2 year old to an alligator

A community is in shock after an unforgettable tragedy struck a Florida family.

A hunt for a missing toddler came to a tragic end on Friday evening when the child’s body was found inside the mouth of an alligator.

On Thursday, the child’s mother Pashun Jeffery, 20, was found dead in her apartment.

When Jeffery’s family could not get in touch with her Thursday, they asked the staff at the apartment complex to check on her around 2:30 p.m.

That was when Jeffery’s body was found and it was discovered that her son was missing. Jeffery suffered from “multiple stab wounds” inside her apartment, following a blood trail from her vehicle.

I can tell you it’s a very violent homicide scene in the apartment,” St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway told WFLA. “Our main concern is we need to find this 2-year-old. We need to know where he is.”

Jeffery’s family last saw her and her son on Wednesday afternoon. Around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, a neighbor said she heard a commotion coming from Jeffery’s apartment.

Police knew that the missing 2-year-old, Taylen Mosley wasn’t with his father, after the father Taylor Mosley checked himself into a local hospital with “cuts to his hands into his arms.”

Officers deployed dive teams in nearby retention ponds before moving 14 miles north of Taylen and Jeffery’s home, where they ultimately found the boy’s body in the mouth of an alligator.

St. Petersburg police Chief Anthony Holloway said officers were investigating the area of Dell Holmes Park when they spotted an alligator with “an object in its mouth” inside Lake Maggiore.

Officers fired a round at the alligator — killing it — and forcing it to drop the child’s body.

Police said it’s not yet clear how the boy died or if he was dead before he ended up in the lake.

Taylen and Jeffery’s family fondly remembered the pair in the wake of their tragic deaths.

“He’s always calling his mom on his cell phone,” said Lakita Denson told WFLA. “He miss his mom, they calling each other all the time. She really loved Taylen.”

“We just want to say that Taylen is a beautiful little boy,” added Theo Brickhouse-Sails. “He’s really loving and caring.”

The father of Taylen Mosley, 2, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder: for the child and for the stabbing death of the boy’s mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery.

A picture of Taylen is below, but what’s interesting is that NO MUGSHOT can be found of him.

St. Petersburg police Chief Anthony Holloway said officers were investigating the area of Dell Holmes Park when they spotted an alligator with “an object in its mouth” inside Lake Maggiore.

Officers fired a round at the alligator — killing it — and forcing it to drop the child’s body.

Taylen’s body was retrieved, though police said it’s not yet clear how the boy died or if he was dead before he ended up in the lake.

“We are sorry that it had to end this way,” police Chief Anthony Holloway said.

Police had been searching for Taylen since 2:30 p.m. Thursday, when they found Jeffery dead from “multiple stab wounds” inside her apartment after following a blood trail from her vehicle.

Thomas Mosley, Taylen’s father, was immediately named a person of interest after he checked himself into a local hospital with “cuts to his hands into his arms.”

Police wouldn’t say whether the injuries could have been sustained by Jeffery in self-defense, but Holloway said “nothing in our investigation leads us to believe that he is a victim.”

Mosley — who is still in the hospital — notably checked into the hospital without his son.

The department issued an Amber Alert and launched a major volunteer search for the boy out of extreme concern he was in danger.

Officers deployed dive teams in nearby retention ponds before moving 14 miles north of Taylen and Jeffery’s home, where they ultimately found the boy’s body.

Taylen and Jeffery’s family fondly remembered the pair in the wake of their tragic deaths.

“He’s always calling his mom on his cell phone,” said Lakita Denson told WFLA. “He miss his mom, they calling each other all the time. She really loved Taylen.”

“We just want to say that Taylen is a beautiful little boy,” added Theo Brickhouse-Sails. “He’s really loving and caring.”

Talk about letting the wrong n*gga nut in you. This is crazy! He wasn’t even bright enough to know that checking into the hospital with cuts was telling on himself. Prayers for her entire family, spirit and soul of her son too.